pour rien au monde
\puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\
The verdict
“pour rien au monde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En aucune manière, en aucune façon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-rien-au-monde · pour rien au monde · French
pour rien au monde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pour rien au monde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pour rien au monde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pour rien au monde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En aucune manière, en aucune façon.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pour rien au monde, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pour rien au monde, spelled P-O-U-R- -R-I-E-N- -A-U- -M-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1En aucune manière, en aucune façon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pour rien au monde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour rien au monde, dit Emma, en souriant avec grâce, je ne voudrais vous conseiller de dire oui ou non.
Pour rien au monde nous ne nous serions lancés dans une expédition aventureuse.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.